Hi all, I had my first physio session today and boy did it test my muscles in my buttocks!! I've been advised to stop using the crutches now which I'm a bit nervous about. Did anyone else feel nervous the first time they went out without crutches? I only had my op 2 weeks ago.
Steph x
Hi Steph I wouldn't get rid of the crutches yet I'm 8 weeks and still on one better to walk with one and not limp badly I was given incorrect advice by one physio who told me to use crutch on same side as op and that would have been bad just knew it felt wrong if you waddle too much without stick to one
2 weeks is a very short time to be getting rid of them. I was still using 2 at 4 weeks and then down to 1.
Good grief thats quick - I am on 2 for 4 weeks then 1 for 2 more weeks...Depends on your consultant. I feel pretty good now but can travel further and for longer on crutches.
Noone is policing you - so do what you feel comfortable with - confident you have been given approval to advance. Well done x
I tend to think 2 weeks is rather a short time. I could not have managed it.
I'm 41/2 weeks and still use one stick
good luck.
carol😄 Xx
Hi Steph,
Welcome to this forum, where you'll get lots of differing thoughts and hopefully helpful ideas, if not a consensus due to our different personalities and different ideas given by different physios at different hospitals!
I went down Yo one crutch very easily at 2-3 weeks, and nil at 4.5 weeks. Yes, my first time out, just 250 meters, to local library, sans crutches, was VERY scary. Cars didn't stop for me any more too....
Got confidence fast, though at 8 weeks went to london and knowing I'd need the tube trains, found crutches helpful to sign to others I was vulnerable. The I chucked them back to hospital. As folk here say, its really up to you to suss what is best for you!
I'm now experimenting with Leki poles for hill walks,and just delighted to regain my life
Take care
Mic
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Hi Steph
No pain no gain! 
I would suggest experimenting with walking around the house with one crutch (opposite side to your operated leg) and then eventually none.... at your own pace. but venturing straight out with nothing @ 2 wks is prob not great for the confidence, in my opinion.... my physio suggests I should have at least a stick when out & about until 6 wks, - if for nothing else, to signal to others not to bash into me (and as he says, if they do, then I have someting to bash them back with! 
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Hi Steph
I'm now 11 weeks 5 days post op from a total right hip replacement. I'm quite a fit 61 year old who fractured and dislocated my right hip in a car accient when I was 22 yrs so the need to have a replacement came earlier for me than for some people. I used one crutch on the opposite side to the operated hip from 11 days but only gave up completely on using that crutch after 11 weeks. I think it's a good idea to reduce from two crutches to one rather than give up both at once. I have learnt that if I'm too ambitious I strain the muscles which are continuing to knit together and heal for 4-6 months after surgery and it's possible to hinder the healing process by doing too much too soon. Personally I think that two weeks post op is far too soon to give up using any support for walking. Perhaps it would be a good idea to listen to your body as well as your physio.
Best wishes for a successful recovery.
Eileen
Eileen - Well put. I think there is so much variation in recovey and adivce you have to listen to your body and build up sensibly. Only you live in your body and walk in your shoes...
Hey Neil
I think I need my crutches to have a dog resonant sound coming from them as people are very kind - but blooming dogs behave as if the crutches are magnets.. They are far to "woof" for my liking 
I stopped using mine after 1 week and went onto a stick. The physio told me to use the hip and weight bear more. I felt nervous yes but had to learn to trust my new hip. I think as well because my old one was so painful I was scared the pain would be there. Once I realised it wasn't it was great. I then progressed to furniture walking at home. This week I've ditched the stick too and am working on standing upright and using my core muscles to support me, after all this is what they are for.
Give it a go....you might surprise yourself....it's not about timeframes it's about listening to your body, you can't put day's/weeks on this.
Good luck 💌🌈💌🌈
Ha ha!! I know exactly what you mean🐶🐶😁😁😁
Thanks for all of your replies. ☺
very good!
Hi Steph ... you are really doing very well ... are you confident and comfortable enought o walk with one crutch?
I thought I was and wanted to please my physical therapist and show her that I could ... actually I felt sort of proud that she thought I was ready ... but I really was not - my gait was and still is so off - we talke a lot about the pinguin walk here .. my best friend's grand son of 2 has been trying to show me how I should walk ... he pities me, I think ,,, kidding aside ... listen to your body and make sure your posture is correct -
it is a very personal journey -
be gentle with your self and take your time
warm hug
Hi Steph
i am 5.5 weeks post op and using one crutch out and about but do walk without the crutch some of the time in the house
would not have felt at all confident without crutches at 2 wks but we are all different
it's how you and your body feel so that's who you need to listen to, no one else
linda xx
Hi Steph,
how is it all going for you -hope we havn't confused you too much!
mic
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Ha, no all good advice and I think I'm going to stick with the 1 crutch when going out until I feel a bit more confident. I need to get used to having a hip joint that actually works ☺
Hi Steph,
I think it depends if you had anterior or posterior op. I believe it it a much quicker recovery rate with the anterior op. I had posterior and was down to one crutch after two weeks but now at four weeks I am coping with no crutches around the house and one when I go out. I do the penguin waddle around the house and it is especially pronounced later in the day when I am tired. I've been told not to throw the crutches away until you can walk without a limp but as others have said, check with your surgeon.
I had my second physio session today also and she was brutal. Certainly had me gritting my teeth. I obviously have muscles which have deteriorated terribly through no use over the years and others that are so tight that I nearly hit her as a reflex when she pressed on a pressure point in my groin.
No pain, no gain as they say.
Good luck Steph x
Oh no Gaylene
There is NO GAIN IN PAIN after THR surgery ... everything is so fragile and in the process of healing ! even with anterior surgery ...